文档介绍：Medical and Surgical Treatment of
Parapneumonic Effusions : An
Evidence-Based Guideline
Gene L. Colice, Anne Curtis, Jean Deslauriers, John Heffner, Richard
Light, Benjamin Littenberg, Steven Sahn, Robert A. Weinstein and Roger
D. Yusen
Chest 2000;118;1158-1171
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aacp consensus statement
Medical and Surgical Treatment of
Parapneumonic Effusions*
An Evidence-Based Guideline
Gene L. Colice, MD, FCCP; Anne Curtis, MD; Jean Deslauriers, MD;
John Heffner, MD, FCCP; Richard Light, MD, FCCP;
Benjamin Littenberg, MD; Steven Sahn, MD, FCCP; Robert A. Weinstein, MD;
and Roger D. Yusen, MD; for the American College of Chest Physicians
Parapneumonic Effusions Panel
Objective: A panel was convened by the Health and Science mittee of the American
College of Chest Physicians to develop a clinical practice guideline on the medical and surgical
treatment of parapneumonic effusions (PPE) using evidence-based methods.
Options and es considered: Based on consensus of clinical opinion, the expert panel
developed an annotated table for evaluating the risk for poor e in patients with PPE.
Estimates of the risk for poor e were based on the clinical judgment that, without
adequate drainage of the pleural space, the patient with PPE would be